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\u201cI\u2019ve seen the apps and I don\u2019t like them,\u201d says a DHS official who left this year. \u201cIt\u2019s rife for abuse.\u00a0I imagine they\u2019re being used in ways they were not intended.\u201d<\/p>\n

He highlighted the risks of misidentification, noting that facial recognition often has elevated error rates for people of colour. \u201cI have no confidence that there\u2019s any oversight from people who are serious and understand\u201d the tech, he adds.<\/span><\/p>\n

In September, ICE renewed its access to a facial recognition search engine called Clearview AI<\/span>, which has been banned in some states. Earlier contracts and privacy documents state that it would be used for \u201cchild sexual exploitation cases\u201d, but this year\u2019s contract added \u201cassaults against law enforcement\u201d \u2014 which former officials fear might extend to protestors. The company declined to comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CONTRACT SUMMARY<\/span>Open contract<\/span><\/figcaption>
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Clearview AI<\/h3>\n
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This award procures facial recognition software, which supports homeland security investigations with capabilities of identifying victims and offenders in child sexual exploitation cases and assaults against law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

ICE and Customs and Border Protection also collect DNA from detainees and asylum applicants, according to a privacy disclosure. One attorney says he was representing a US citizen who was given a cheek swab while incorrectly detained. Samples are stored in an FBI database where they are queryable by a range of law enforcement agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n

ICE has also signed a contract with BI\u00b2 Technologies<\/span>, a vendor selling handheld eye scanners. Former officials questioned the need for the devices, noting that the agency held few, if any, iris scans to search. \u201cMy first question is why?\u201d a former privacy official says. \u201cWhat do you expect to get out of this? If they\u2019re just out there collecting irises and biometrics, that\u2019s a problem for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

BI\u00b2\u2019s registered lobbyist, Ballard Partners, has close ties to the Trump administration, raising money for its campaign and previously employing Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CONTRACT SUMMARY<\/span>Open contract<\/span><\/figcaption>
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BI\u00b2 Technologies<\/h3>\n
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This is a new award for iris biometric recognition technology for offender recognition and access to a biometric information system to allow ICE agents to quickly authenticate the identity of subjects during field operations.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Lobbying <\/b><\/b>disclosures <\/b><\/b>show <\/b><\/b>that <\/b><\/b>Ballard <\/b><\/b>also <\/b><\/b>works <\/b><\/b>on <\/b><\/b>behalf <\/b><\/b>of <\/b><\/b>a <\/b><\/b>host <\/b><\/b>of <\/b><\/b>other <\/b><\/b>tech <\/b><\/b>firms <\/b><\/b>doing <\/b><\/b>business <\/b><\/b>with <\/b><\/b>ICE, <\/b><\/b>including <\/b><\/b>Palantir; <\/b><\/b>DNA <\/b><\/b>testing <\/b><\/b>firm <\/b><\/b>SNA <\/b><\/b>International; <\/b><\/b>cell–<\/b><\/i>phone <\/b><\/b>intercept <\/b><\/b>vendor <\/b><\/b>L3Harris; <\/b><\/b>open–<\/b><\/i>source <\/b><\/b>data <\/b><\/b>broker <\/b><\/b>Babel <\/b><\/b>Street; <\/b><\/b>and <\/b><\/b>the <\/b><\/b>Thomson <\/b><\/b>Reuters<\/b><\/b> subsidiary <\/b><\/b>selling <\/b><\/b>Clear. <\/b><\/b>Ballard <\/b><\/b>declined <\/b><\/b>to <\/b><\/b>comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re spending a lot of money on things they might not even use, to benefit people who are maybe close to the administration,\u201d says Dave Maass, director of investigations at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital privacy nonprofit monitoring ICE\u2019s surveillance purchases. \u201cThey\u2019re moving very fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Procurement records also show that ICE has obtained tools previous administrations found problematic.<\/p>\n

In August, ICE removed a hold on a $2mn contract with the Israeli spyware firm Paragon Solutions, which sells a phone–<\/b><\/i>hacking tool called Graphite. It has been used by the Italian government to target European journalists with iMessage and WhatsApp attacks, according to researchers at CitizenLab.<\/p>\n

The contract was paused by the Biden White House, which had banned the use of spyware sold by foreign companies with human rights concerns. Paragon was subsequently acquired by US–<\/b><\/i>based private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, which also controls Department of Defense contractor REDLattice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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